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Human thought runs at just 10 bits per second, say Caltech scientists — that's why we are mostly single-taskers
Humans process thoughts at just 10 bits per second, according to a recent paper from Caltech researchers.
Intel's low-power Twin Lake NX50 series specs leak — All efficient core design based on Alder Lake silicon comes back for another lap
Intel is reportedly preparing a successor to its Alder Lake-N series codenamed Twin Lake.
Asus leaks its ROG NUC 2025 on social media ahead of CES debut — compact gamer-focused RTX 50 and Core Ultra 200 mini PC on the way
Asus recently showed off teaser video of its upcoming ROG NUC a little too early, posting and swiftly removing the images from social media this morning.
Fractal Refine Review: Comfortably refined
Fractal Design is branching out into gaming furniture with its first chair, the Refine. It's a surprisingly well-built blend of racing-style gaming chairs and task chairs.
Chinese chipmaker Phytium sells over 10 million homegrown CPUs — Feiteng processors are primarily used in national projects and key local industries
Chinese chip maker Phytium reportedly delivered over 10 million processors to government projects and other key industries as it replaces Western processors from Intel and AMD.
SemiKong is the world's first open-source semiconductor-focused LLM — it claims to bring new chips to market 30% faster
Meta, Aitomatic, and other members of the AI Alliance have released the world's first large language model specifically trained on the needs of the semiconductor industry.
Nvidia RTX 5080 and AMD RX 9070 GPUs listed ahead of launch — Asus is reportedly readying a new "Astral" GPU lineup
A handful of RTX 50 and RDNA 4 GPUs from Asus have emerged online.
After 24 years of failure, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask's blue dog has finally won a race
The statistically-slowest dog in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has finally secured a legitimate win in the dog race minigame after nearly 25 years.
AI data centers reportedly cause power problems in residential areas — decreased power quality in homes near data centers causes reduced lifespan for electrical appliances
Adding megawatts of new power consumption at such high speed is starting to affect the power quality in the average American home.
Ergo Desk reclines with your chair, desktop tilts up to match the recline of your chair — 3-in-1 desk can be reserved for $450
Canadian company Ergo Desk has begun to market its signature product which invites users to sit, stand, or recline at their desk.
Get gaming with ABS' Kaze Ruby gaming PC powered by a powerful Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPU - Save $500 on Newegg's After Christmas Sale
The ABS Kaze Ruby gaming PC is on a holiday sale - pick up a powerful gaming PC for a steal.
RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 listed for $2,600 and $1,350 at Chinese retailer — leaked listing suggests Blackwell might see an eye-popping price hike, at least in China
A leak suggests that Nvidia has priced the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 at $2,600 and $1,350 in China.
Take home this Asus TUF Gaming 34-inch curved FreeSync Premium gaming monitor for just $279
This ASUS TUF Gaming ultra-wide curved gaming display is currently available for its second-lowest price to date-just $279 instead of its usual $349.
Be Quiet Light Loop 360 review: The best AIO for Intel CPUs
Be Quiet's Light Loop is a strong AIO with low noise levels. We tested thermal and noise results from both Intel's i7-14700K and Core Ultra 9 285K.
Arduino Plug and Make Kit Review: The Kit to start your journey
When getting started with electronics, we need a good kit to make the learning process as smooth as possible, and the Arduino Plug and Make Kit could be just the thing you need.
AMD Zen 5 Fire Range CPU surfaces inside next-gen gaming laptop — Ryzen 9000HX chip seemingly wields 16 Zen 5 cores
A Zen 5 based 16 core CPU has emerged at Geekbench and a leaker suggests it could belong to AMD's upcoming Fire Range series.
Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed; one with a homegrown Elbrus CPU, the other a Chinese knockoff — Russian gov't admits the consoles can't compete with PS5 or Xbox
Russian politicians call for 'unconventional' approaches to overcome lack of performance of homegrown console hardware for gamers.
iStorage launches most advanced encrypted USB sticks available — 'world's first FIPS 140-3 Level 3' validated flash drives, pricing starts at $96 for 32GB
Secure data solutions provider iStorage has released what it claims to be the world's first FIPS 140-3 Level 3 flash drives.
TSMC's first new overseas fab in years begins to make chips — JASM coming online
TSMC's Japanese subsidiary JASM kicks off mass production of chips for first customers.
How to install a motherboard
By following the right steps, you can easily prepare and install a motherboard inside a PC case in a matter of minutes.
Lemontron, an open source, fully-portable 3D printer, has arrived— Can be transported in an empty filament box
Open source 3D printer Lemontron debuts, with build pricing beginning at roughly $413 and a footprint small enough to be transported in a common filament box.
Blackwell GPU reportedly takes 3X to 4X longer to test than Hopper — more complex designs lead to skyrocketing test requirements
Chief executive of Advantest says major increase of B100/B200 complexity over H100/H200 dramatically increases testing times.
Ryzen Z2 Go APU is allegedly exclusive to the Lenovo Legion Go S — chip reportedly offers four Zen 3+ cores, 12 CU RDNA 2 iGPU, and LPDDR5X-6400 support
Today, renowned leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, with a proven track record, alleges that the Z2 Go will be exclusive to Lenovo's forthcoming Legion Go S handheld and mentions its specifications.
OpenAI switching to a for-profit company to raise more cash as it continues to lose money
OpenAI has proposed restructuring its for-profit wing as a PBC to attract investors while maintaining the non-profit; in line with the mission.
Gaming industry insiders say cutting-edge graphics cost too much to make for AAA games
Gaming industry figures speaking to The New York Times discuss the scaled-back success of AAA blockbusters.
South Korea greenlights the world's largest semiconductor hub — half the size of Beverly Hills to house six fabs, three power plans, and fab suppliers
South Korea's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster will house six fabs, three power plans, and fab suppliers.
Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek's optimizations could highlight limits of US sanctions
DeepSeek trains DeepSeek-V3 model with 671 billion parameters on a cluster of 2048 GPUs.
Minecraft server made to run on 63-year-old, pre-x86 COBOL coding language
COBOL, a pre-x86 coding language used mainly for legacy business applications, can now be used for a Minecraft server.
Incoming RTX 5090 could need massive power stages for possible 600-watt power draw – Nvidia’s next flagship GPU rumored to sport copious amounts of VRMs
The RTX 5090 may come with more power and power stages than any gaming GPU before it, as the GPU is rumored to use 29 VRMs.
China releases Top 100 supercomputer list for 2024: No ExaFLOPS systems mentioned, obfuscation continues
China unveils its 2024 Top 100 list of supercomputers, indicating no new systems entered it in 2024.
Got an Xbox for Christmas? Increase storage capacity to the max with this best-ever deal on a 2TB WD Black C50
This is the best price for the 2TB WD Black C50 in its history. Now cheaper than two 1TB drives.
Gigabyte M27QA ICE 180 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Solid performance with a unique look
Gigabyte combines slick styling and performance in the M27QA ICE. It's a 27-inch QHD IPS gaming monitor with 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. It also stands out with an all-white finish and slick styling.
Microsoft warns of new Windows 11 installation media bug that blocks future security updates
Microsoft has clarified that this issue only applies to users who installed the Windows 11 24H2 update using a USB drive or CD
The Ayaneo 3 gaming handheld is more than a refresh — console will leverage up to 56 permutations of joystick, touchpad, D-Pad, and button modules
Ayaneo 3's major hardware feature, swappable control modules, is revealed.
Ryzen 9 9950X3D purportedly surfaces with 5.65 GHz boost clocks — leaked specs inlcude 96MB 3D V-Cache on a single CCD and 170W TDP
A CPU-Z screenshot has surfaced, allegedly detailing a 16-core X3D CPU based on Zen 5 which is likely to be the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
Lenovo readies self-charging Bluetooth keyboard with a solar panel, also preparing an AI travel kit for road warriors
Lenovo is expected to launch a self-charging keyboard along with a bunch of AI-backed accessories including a smartwatch, earbuds, a wearable camera, and more.
Chinese memory maker could grab 15% of market in the coming years, stoking price wars
CXMT might already control 10% of the global DRAM market, according to Silicon Motion.
Finnish authorities board tanker suspected of damaging undersea cables — tanker is reportedly linked to Russia’s shadow fleet
The Eagle S, an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet, has been stopped and boarded by Finnish authorities in relation to the damaging of power and data cables connecting Finland to Estonia.
Relive surfing the original internet with new emulator — 34 years later, WorldWideWeb app commemorates the first web browser
Web Design Museum celebrates the 34th anniversary of web browsers by releasing an emulator of the very first, WorldWideWeb.
Hitting an all-time low, the 1TB WD Black SN770M is now just $82 - beef up your gaming handheld
Hitting an all-time low, the WD Black SN770M is now only $82.
Japanese gov't under fire for funding native chipmaker Rapidus with $6.2 billion in COVID relief money
Japan sits on some $114.42 billion pile of COVID relief cache, but opposition lawmakers complain that the government plans to use them to fund the country's industry growth.
Trump nominee favors ‘destroying TSMC’ fabs if China invades Taiwan — strategy designed to deprive China of key motivation to attack
The next U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is very likely to be Elbridge Colby, who is well known to favor the destruction of Taiwan's chip fabs in the event of a Chinese invasion.
Gaming laptop leaks with RTX 50 GPU, 192GB RAM, and Arrow Lake-HX CPU — Clevo laptop has monster 18-inch 4K display and Thunderbolt 5 ports
Laptop manufacturer Clevo is reportedly preparing to debut an all-new high-performance 18-inch laptop at CES 2025 sporting extremely high-end internals and next-gen CPUs.
Nvidia's next-gen B300 GPUs have 1,400W TDP, deliver 50% more AI horsepower: Report
With 288 GB of HBM3E memory and 50% more FLOPS than B200, Nvidia's B300 is a major performance upgrade.
Arzopa A1 15.6-inch Portable Monitor Review: Sub-$80 value with a kickstand and great audio
The Arzopa A1 offers a nice integrated kickstand, excellent build materials, and surprisingly potent speakers.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus with rollable screen leaks out — display expands from 14- to 16.7-inches with a user keystoke or gesture
New details and images of Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 rollable screen laptop have leaked.
Nvidia's unreleased RTX 5090 pictured with huge GPU die, sports 32GB of GDDR7 memory
Assuming this leak is genuine, here's our first look at the RTX 5090's massive GB202 die.
Russian firm starts shipments of AI systems based on homegrown CPUs, but can't avoid using foreign GPUs
Russian company Graviton launches first AI and HPC machine with homegrown CPUs that will have to be used with Nvidia's H100.
Undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia experiences outage — capacity reduced to 35% as Finnish authorities investigate
An undersea power cable connecting Helsinki and Tallinn, carrying 658 megawatts of electricity, has been disrupted on Christmas Day.
Chinese PCIe 5.0 SSD tested with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s — Zhitai TiPro9000 sports 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and SMI SM2508 controller
Zhitai's TiPro9000 SSD with 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD controller benchmarked, appears to be one of the fastest client drives around.
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